Trump Drops ‘Supreme Intelligence’ From AI Renaming Poll

This is branding theatre, not policy — but the branding of AI is quietly consequential, because the words leaders use shape how the public and regulators frame the technology. The removal of an option mid-poll, justified by a judicial-sounding name, shows how quickly political optics can override a public-consultation exercise. Whether the remaining labels gain any traction beyond the poll itself is the open question; for now, the episode says more about the messenger than the technology.